All items tagged with Qualcomm (233)
New Arc-1 Over-Ear Bluetooth Headphones by Aiwa Feature Biocellulose-Diaphragm Drivers
August 22, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

New Arc-1 Over-Ear Bluetooth Headphones by Aiwa Feature Biocellulose-Diaphragm Drivers

Aiwa, the consumer audio brand that has been recently resurrected as an American, Chicago-based audio company is now mainly focusing in wireless audio products, including speakers and headphones. The company now announced the official launch of its new Arc-1 Bluetooth headphone the brand's first over-ear model, focusing on "under the hood" technology, such as the use of a 40mm biocellulose diaphragm dynamic driver, unique in this class of device.
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Qualcomm Audio Consumer Insights Report Shows Rising Popularity of Wireless Headphones and Wireless Speakers
August 7, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Audio Consumer Insights Report Shows Rising Popularity of Wireless Headphones and Wireless Speakers

Qualcomm has released its annual The State of Play 2018 report, with valuable insights on the fast-moving world of personal and home audio technology - including expectations and product purchase drivers for American, British and Chinese consumers. The new report shows, for the second year in a row, that sound quality is by far the highest ranked buying consideration when choosing wireless headphones or speakers. More than half of participants surveyed (53%) said they are planning to purchase completely wire-free earbuds.
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New Qualcomm QCC3026 Bluetooth Audio System-on-Chip Now Available
June 29, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

New Qualcomm QCC3026 Bluetooth Audio System-on-Chip Now Available

Qualcomm announced the QCC3026, a flash-programmable Bluetooth Audio System-on-Chip (SoC) that is designed to reduce power consumption by up to 50% compared to previous generation entry-level flash devices. The new SoC is also engineered to help manufacturers simply and quickly develop and commercialize feature optimized truly wireless headsets, and extends the Company’s portfolio of low power Bluetooth audio solutions following the announcement of the flagship QCC5100 Bluetooth SoC series earlier this year.
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AumeoAudio Launches Heari Tailored Audio-Neckband Headphones on Kickstarter
June 27, 2018 by Joao Martins

AumeoAudio Launches Heari Tailored Audio-Neckband Headphones on Kickstarter

Hong Kong-based firms MF Jebsen Electronics and AumeoAudio, the company that pioneered personalized audio on Kickstarter, have teamed up to launch Heari. The new concept was built on the success of Aumeo’s Headphone Personalizer. Heari is now campaigning on Kickstarter with two headphone models Powered by AumeoAudio, featured patented technology that measures each person’s hearing sensitivities to offer tailored sound, not only for music but also for awareness enhancing.
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Optoma Launches NuForce BE Free5 True Wireless Earbuds
May 30, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Optoma Launches NuForce BE Free5 True Wireless Earbuds

Optoma launched the Optoma NuForce BE Free5, its latest generation of true wireless stereo earbuds, focusing on quality sound, improved comfort and reliability. On the heels of introducing the popular Optoma NuForce BE Free8 first generation true wireless earphones in 2017, Optoma now leveraged Qualcomm's latest technology to produce a smaller, ergonomic design. At only $99, the Optoma NuForce BE Free5 break the price barrier for truly wireless earphones, featuring dynamic graphene-coated drivers.
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MWC 2018 First Impressions: A Connected World Congress
March 3, 2018 by Joao Martins

MWC 2018 First Impressions: A Connected World Congress

A strange week we had, with most of the technology world focused on another edition of GSMA's Mobile World Congress (MWC), with the usual gush of new iPhone-clone announcements and most of the key semiconductor giants dividing their announcements with embedded world 2018, taking place at the same time in Nuremberg, Germany. Still, neither was much affected by the clash. MWC is more and more consumer electronics, autonomous cars, cloud solutions, and software developers pitching their latest ideas on social-engineered apps.
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Qualcomm Introduces Smart Audio Platform and Speaker Development Kits for Multiple Voice Ecosystems
March 1, 2018 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Introduces Smart Audio Platform and Speaker Development Kits for Multiple Voice Ecosystems

Following earlier demonstrations at CES 2018, Qualcomm introduced a series of new platforms, SoC and development kits targeting new advanced audio applications and smart speakers, including the support of key wireless technologies, voice and cloud ecosystems. Solutions include its Smart Audio Platform optimized for smart speakers, a 6-microphone far field voice platform qualified for Amazon AVS, Dolby Audio implementations for wireless speakers and much more.
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THX Announces End-To-End MPEG-H Positional Audio Solution
February 26, 2018 by Joao Martins

THX Announces End-To-End MPEG-H Positional Audio Solution

THX Ltd., announced the THX Spatial Audio Platform using MPEG-H and jointly demonstrated by Qualcomm Technologies and THX for the first time at Mobile World Congress 2018. The THX Spatial Audio Platform is an end-to-end universal positional audio solution built with the flexibility to support emerging immersive content formats (object-based and ambisonics) and open standards, as well as legacy content, across mobile, PC and consumer electronic devices.
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Speakers and Voice Development - A Conversation with NXP
February 22, 2018 by Joao Martins

Speakers and Voice Development - A Conversation with NXP

After reviewing my notes from CES 2018 and the announcements from NXP, I decided it was fitting to share some parts of my interview with Martyn Humphries, vice president and general manager Media IoT and i.MX Applications Processors at NXP (and former Freescale executive). Basically, we discussed the environment that lead NXP to create its i.MX 8M single-chip media application processors, currently the most advanced integrated platform available for audio manufacturers.
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Qualcomm Enhances Performance of Truly Wireless Earbuds and Hearables with its Next Generation Qualcomm TrueWireless Stereo Technology
February 21, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Enhances Performance of Truly Wireless Earbuds and Hearables with its Next Generation Qualcomm TrueWireless Stereo Technology

Qualcomm was an early pioneer in the concept of true wireless stereo a technology that is designed to completely eliminate the need for wires, not only between the media source and the headphones, but also between the left and right earbuds, offering users a wire-free stereo audio experience and supporting new use cases like hearables. Now Qualcomm announced enhancements to its Qualcomm TrueWireless Stereo technology.
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